Criterion Thots Podcast

Two women, isolated in a house together with no outside contact, slowly lose their minds as the lines between their identities blur and breakdown. No, this is not the story of the Criterion Thots during quarantine but the shared thematic thread of this week’s Criterion double-feature: Olivier Assayas’ “Clouds of Sils Maria” (2014) and Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona” (1966)

Can you guess the theme of this episode? The Thots dive into Ingmar Bergman’s “Scenes From a Marriage” (1973) and its descendant, Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” (2019) and how they tackle the same theme in their own uniquely brilliant ways. Expect a lot of gushing over Liv Ullman and Laura Dern, a breakdown of each film’s writing and visual styles and how each thot

This week the Thots become fully immersed in a Terrance Malick double-feature - 1998’s “The Thin Red Line” and 2011’s “The Tree of Life”- and go on a philosophical journey as they discuss the pitfalls of trying to define art, why acting is a deeply human and valuable craft (and our love for the extraordinary Jessica Chastain), the collaborative nature of filmmaking, and

This week, the Thots contrast the colorful & dreamy idealism of Jacques Deng’s 1967 French musical “The Young Girls of Rochefort” to the cynical ambition of the Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s momentous 1948 ballet drama “The Red Shoes”, then dive deep into one of the greatest existential questions in history: can an artist really have it all? This episo

Meet The Criterion Thots! In their first episode, Chanelle and Amanda start their journey through Chanelle's collection of Criterion blu-rays with a musical-comedy double-feature. The thots theorize over the lack of consent inherent in a film with the premise of Billy Wilder's "Some Like it Hot", gush over the vibey, chaotic comedic stylings of The Beatles in Rich